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Title The Lesbian and gay studies reader / edited by Henry Abelove, Michèle Aina Barale, David M. Halperin.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 1993.

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 Moore Stacks  HQ76.25 .L48 1993    Available  ---
Description xxii, 666 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Thinking sex / Gayle S. Rubin -- Epistemology of the closet / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- Deviance, politics and the media / Stuart Hall -- Some reflections on separatism and power / Marilyn Frye -- Homophobia / Barbara Smith -- One is not born a woman / Monique Wittig -- Silences / Ana Maria Alonso and Maria Teresa Koreck -- From nation to family / Cindy Patton -- Sexual indifference and lesbian representation / Teresa de Lauretis -- Eloquence and epitaph / Phillip Brian Harper -- Television/feminism / Sasha Torres -- Commodity lesbianism / Danae Clark -- Spectacle of AIDS / Simon Watney -- Sontag's urbanity / D.A. Miller -- Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water / Daniel L. Selden -- Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence / Adrienne Rich / Chicano men / Tomas Almaguer -- Lesbian identity and autobiographical differences / Biddy Martin -- Toward a butch-femme aesthetic / Sue-Ellen Case -- Imitation and gender insubordination / Judith Butler -- Spare parts / Marjorie Garber -- Uses of the erotic / Audre Lorde -- Boys in my bedroom / Douglas Crimp -- Looking for trouble / Kobena Mercer -- Robert Mapplethorpe and the discipline of photography / Richard Meyer -- Freud, male homosexuality and the Americans / Henry Abelove -- Evidence of experience / Joan W. Scott -- Is there a history of sexuality? / David M. Halperin -- Wonder to which sex I belong / Martha Vicinus -- Lines she did not dare / Gloria T. Hull -- Capitalism and gay identity / John D'Emilio -- Androgynous males and deficient females / Charlotte Furth -- Bow and the burden strap / Harriet Whitehead -- Just on of the boys / Esther Newton -- Hijras as neither man nor woman / Serena Nanda -- Tearooms and sympathy, or, The epistemology of the water closet / Lee Edelman -- Double consciousness in Sappho's lyrics / John J. Winkler -- De-constructing the lesbian body / Yvonna Yarbro-Bejarano -- When Jack blinks / Michele Aina Barale -- It's not safe, not safe at all / Deborah E. McDowell -- Different desires / Jonathan Dollimore -- The somagrams of Gertrude Stein / Catharine R. Stimpson.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-666).
Summary The lesbian and gay studies reader is the biggest and most comprehensive multi-disciplinary anthology of critical work in lesbian/gay studies. Comprising scholarship, criticism, commentary, and political analysis, lesbian/gay studies is one of the fastest growing fields in contemporary thought. Its influence is changing the shape of every branch of learning in the humanities and social sciences. Bringing together forty-two groundbreaking essays--many of them already classics--this collection provides a much-needed introduction to the contemporary state of lesbian/gay studies, extensively illustrating the range, scope, diversity, appeal, and power of the work currently being done in the field. Featuring essays by such prominent scholars as Judith Butler, John D'Emilio, Kobena Mercer, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, The lesbian and gay studies reader explores a multitude of sexual, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic experiences. Ranging across disciplines including history, literature, critical theory, cultural studies, African American studies, ethnic studies, sociology, anthropology, psychology, classics, and philosophy, this anthology traces the inscription of sexual meanings in all forms of cultural expression. Representing the best and most significant English language work in the field, The lesbian and gay studies reader addresses topics such as butch-fem roles, the cultural construction of gender, lesbian separatism, feminist theory, AIDS, safe-sex education, colonialism, S/M, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, children's books, black nationalism, popular films, Susan Sontag, the closet, homophobia, Freud, Sappho, the media, the hijras of India, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the politics of representation. It also contains an extensive bibliographical essay which will provide readers with an invaluable guide to further reading. In the tradition of Routledge's Cultural studies and Unequal sisters, The lesbian and gay studies reader marks a critical moment in the development of the field. It will be essential reading for anyone--gay or straight--interested in the history of sexuality, sexual politics, and gender studies.
Subject Gay and lesbian studies.
Gay and lesbian studies.
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality.
Added Author Abelove, Henry.
Barale, Michèle Aina.
Halperin, David M., 1952-
Other Form: Online version: Lesbian and gay studies reader. New York : Routledge, 1993 (OCoLC)606147945
Online version: Lesbian and gay studies reader. New York : Routledge, 1993 (OCoLC)630708557
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